Fly High with eSCORE - SME Corporation Malaysia

Press Release
For Immediate Publication
Fly High with eSCORE
Kuala Lumpur, 20 October, 2015 – A dedicated online assessment for SME
Competitiveness Rating for Enhancement (SCORE), or eSCORE was launched
today by the Minister of International Trade and Industry, Dato’ Sri Mustapa
Mohamed,
at
MITI’s
Monthly
Assembly
held
at
SME
Corp.
Malaysia.
Representatives from MITI agencies as well as strategic partners in the
implementation of SCORE were also present at the ceremony.
SCORE is a quantitative assessment tool that enables SME Corp. Malaysia to
assess performance and categorise SMEs based on specific criteria. SCORE
was developed in 2007 and now was also utilised by other Ministries and Agencies
to ensure assistance given is more transparent, focused and holistic. eSCORE
enables SMEs to do self-assessment online in 3 easy steps and cut SCORE
processing time by 7 days.
The online assessment can be accessed through www.score.gov.my. This tool
make it easier for SMEs to participate in SCORE. The outreach will be greater and
more SMEs will gain their tickets to fly high into the global market and compete with
the global players. This empowering tool gives them the means to understand their
current state and take necessary action to enhance their business performance.
Having the best interest for the SMEs, SME Corp. Malaysia tirelessly find ways to
educate SMEs on the importance of Information and Communication Technology
(ICT) through this online assessment for them to be more competitive, innovative
and resilient.
More than 20,000 SMEs assessed so far proves that SCORE has helped Malaysian
SMEs to grow their business substantially. This is only made possible through the
strong shared partnership that SME Corp. Malaysia has fostered with 15 strategic
partners. The current partnership is further strengthen through the MoA exchange
ceremony held concurrently which was witnessed by Dato’ Sri Mustapa Mohamed.
The 15 strategic partners are Construction Industry Development Board (CIDB),
Perbadanan Usahawan Nasional Berhad (PUNB), Ministry of Defence (MINDEF),
Multimedia Development Corporation (MDeC), SME Bank, Malaysia Productivity
Corporation (MPC), Halal Development Corporation (HDC),Technology Park
Malaysia (TPM), TM Berhad, Malaysian Timber Industry Board (MTIB), Northern
Corridor
Implementation Agency
(NCIA),
Ministry
of
Rural
and
Regional
Development (KKLW), Malaysian Handicraft Development Corporation (Kraftangan
Malaysia), Majlis Amanah Rakyat (MARA) and GIATMARA.
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About SME Corporation Malaysia (SME Corp. Malaysia)
SMIDEC was established under the Small and Medium Enterprises Corporation
Malaysia Act 1995 (Act 539) and was later rebranded as SME Corporation Malaysia
on 2 October 2009. SME Corp. Malaysia assumes the task as the central
coordinating agency to formulate overall policies and strategies for SMEs, and to
coordinate programmes across 15 Ministries and 65 Agencies. SME Corp. Malaysia
is the central point of reference for research and data dissemination on SMEs in
Malaysia and positions itself as the single point of contact for all information and
advisory services through its One Referral Centre (ORC), located at its premises in
Platinum Sentral.
An agency under the Ministry of Trade and Industry (MITI), SME Corp. Malaysia
assumes the role of the Secretariat to the National SME Development Council
(NSDC), which is chaired by the Honourable Prime Minister of Malaysia. SME Corp.
Malaysia has also been tasked to implement and drive the SME Masterplan 20122020, in horizontal collaboration with other Ministries and agencies to ensure that our
SMEs - the building blocks of our nation’s economic growth, are transformed, to
better serve the nation.
For more information please contact Nor Hidayaty Mohd Nor at 03-2775 6044
([email protected])
or
Hayati
Hassan
at
03-2775
([email protected])
PERBADANAN PERUSAHAAN KECIL DAN SEDERHANA MALAYSIA
(SME CORP. MALAYSIA)
Level 6, SME 1, Block B, Platinum Sentral,
Jalan Stesen Sentral 2
Kuala Lumpur Sentral,
50470 Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
Telephone
Website
: 603-2775 6000 Fax: 603-2775 6001
: http://www.smecorp.gov.my / E-mail : [email protected]
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